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ORDINAL
Definition of ORDINAL
adjective
Indicating position in a sequence.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORDINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ORDINAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORDINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ORDINAL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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